Perhaps impressed by his recent home run binge, fans helped Joe Mauer make up about 30,000 votes on Jason Varitek in the race to be the AL’s starting catcher in the all-star game. Mauer, known for leisurely reclining in his hammock, will surely not be putting in the hard work needed to be chosen. So it is up to you to make it happen. He still trails by 51K votes. Oh, and Justin Morneau is in second place, too.

*Lamar Odom perhaps could have altered the message on his charity T-shirt to be less, well, incorrect and/or offensive.

*T.O. to be tested for drugs more often. This apparently has nothing to do with those driveway pushups, which is surprising.

*Euro 2008 liveblog. The Netherlands lead Italy 2-0!

*Marcus Robinson: retiring as a Bear. But what of D’Wayne Bates?

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